How many different means do you have for people to contact you?
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However, all is monitored and interacted with via three main locations:
Email via Google Apps Account in browser: All accounts (either via POP or forwarding) are routed through my personal Google Apps account.
Social via Hootsuite in browser: I don't receive any bacn (event notifications) so I rely on daily use of Hootsuite for all Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn responses.
Chat: All of my chat accounts (either via Gchat or Facebook) happens through Adium for Mac. The only computer communication mechanism I can't use it with is Skype which is not supported. In addition, I'm also on IRC all day for inter-office communication at work at Mahalo - I use Linkinus for that.
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I would say that if you're a casual computer user and aren't aware (or can't configure) the tools available than you can easily become overwhelmed. However, it's fairly easy to manage everything if you take advantage of today's technology.
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M$I have two phone numbers (home and cell). I don't want to have to have everyone learn a new one, so that's why I don't have Google Voice. I also don't want every single person who has my home phone to have my cell number. I get no sales calls on my cell, although I've had the number a decade.
I have roughly 7 email accounts. I have one major account that 4 more feed into, so I don't have to check them. I also have two other accounts I use for different purposes.
I also have a bunch of social media accounts where I can get messages. I use Tweetdeck to monitor them.
I'm guessing most people aren't in the same position I am, though. I volunteer on a couple of boards; I homeschool and am on e-lists for that; I have a couple of website businesses and work online a lot. So I have to be connected.
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I think we’re way too overloaded as a society and it’s ironic that this internet experience is dubbed “social networking” when – in face to face situations – more and more people seem to be losing their people skills and appear bereft of any redeeming social graces (especially here in Los Angeles).
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M$Under the frame of that I have this place, facebook, and yahoo messenger open most of the time. I have rockmelt for a browser which allows my to be logged into facebook the moment I get on the internet AND allows me to chat through facebook without actually needing to go to facebook.
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M$Face to face is another communication type that you have that is different for different people in different professions. Some people have lots and lots of face to face communication while others are almost all telephone. My brother has a job where that he has to make as many as 135+ phone calls a day. This is just on the business phone. He also sends tons of text messages every day.
Throw in Facebook Twitter etc., and it begins to get to the point of communication overload. It seems like we are getting to the point of 24/7 communication. There is a website (www.3rdi.com) where this guy streams a pic of whereever he is and whatever he is doing every 60 seconds. He has a camera on the back of his head. You should visit that site to see what I am talking about. He constantly provides communication.
In my humble opinion, we are getting to the point of taking communication a bit too far. Technology has allowed for more insight into peoples lives than ever before. Actually, another great example of raised technological communication is WikiLeaks. The whole world is coming together one communicative step at a time.
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